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Keyword
beast
  • animal
Frequency
#1714
Strokes
16
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N1
Heisig
2083
Readings
ジュウ71%
けもの14%
けだもの14%
Mnemonic
A dog sniffs tiny hairs snagged in a rice field and follows the trail to one gaping mouth, huge as a doorway, belonging to a snarling beast.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
獣けもの
beast; brute; animal
Noun
野や獣じゅう
wild beast; wild animal; brute
Noun
獣じゅう医い
veterinarian; veterinary surgeon; vet
Noun
鳥ちょう獣じゅう
birds and wild animals; wildlife
Noun
獣しし
hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)
Noun
猛もう獣じゅう
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game
Noun
美び女じょと野や獣じゅう
Beauty and the Beast (fairy tale)
Noun
珍ちん獣じゅう
rare (or peculiar) animal
Noun
淫いん獣じゅう
lustful beast; lascivious monster
Noun
霊れい獣じゅう
sacred beast
Noun
百ひゃく獣じゅう
all kinds of animals
Noun
一いっ角かく獣じゅう
unicorn; narwhal; qilin (Chinese unicorn)
Noun
巨きょ獣じゅう
large animal
Noun
海かい獣じゅう
marine mammal
Noun
獣じゅう類るい
beasts; mammals
Noun
三さん角かく縁ぶち神しん獣じゅう鏡きょう
ancient triangular-rimmed mirror decorated with gods and animals
Noun
獣じゅう肉にく
animal flesh
Noun
獣じゅう皮ひ
hide; pelt; animal skin
Noun
獣じゅう性せい
brutality; animal nature
Noun
雷らい獣じゅう
beast which descends from the sky with a thunderbolt (in Chinese mythology)
Noun
妖よう獣じゅう
monster; demon; magical beast
Noun
成せい獣じゅう
adult animal
Noun
禽きん獣じゅう
birds and beasts; beast; brute; (dumb) animal
Noun